Indian Affairs | 1959
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1959 Press Releases

 

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12/28/59 Willard W. Beatty Named To Indian Arts And Crafts Board
12/22/59 Payments To Be Made On Western Oregon Judgement Fund At Earliest Possible Date, Seaton Announces
12/9/59 Nesset Named New Superintendent Of Standing Rock Indian Agency
12/5/59 Approval Of Contracts Between Indian Tribes And Attorneys To Be Transferred To Office Of Solicitor
12/3/59 Indian Land Trust Restrictions Expiring In 1960 Extended Five Years
11/25/59 Contract Awarded For A 1,000-Pupil School At Chinle, Arizona
11/25/59 Papago Indian Reservation Road Contract Awarded
11/20/59 Schunk Named Superintendent At Rosebud Indian Agency
11/6/59 Change In Federal Regulations Proposed To Lengthen Term For Oil And Gas Pipeline Rights-Of-Way Across Indian Lands
10/31/59 Interior Department Reaches Agreement With Menominee Indian Tribe On Termination Plan
10/30/59 Lee Named To Replace Greenwood As Deputy Commissioner Of Indian Bureau
10/29/59 Contract Awarded For Construction On Hogback Unit Of Navajo Indian Reservation
10/29/59 Oglala School Construction Contract Awarded
10/19/59 Klinlichee School Expansion Contract Awarded
10/10/59 Rules Change Proposed On Bonds For Mineral Leases On Indian Lands
10/9/59 Interior Department Transfers 52,000 Acres In Utah To Navajo Indians
10/8/59 Baldwin Named As Fort Peck Superintendent
10/5/59 White River Utilities Contract Awarded
10/2/59 Maytubby Reappointed Governor Of Chickasaw Tribe
10/1/59 Zollar Named Superintendent Of Uintah And Ouray Agency
9/29/59 New Indian Forest Regulations Given Final Approval
9/26/59 Fort Thompson Municipal Center Contract Awarded
9/16/59 Bear Reappointed For Two-Year Term As Creek Principal Chief
9/16/59 Timber Sales Bring Increased Income To Indians In Fiscal 1959
9/4/59 Bonus Bids Totaling Over $10M Received On Colorado Indian Lands
9/4/59 Approval Given To Ten Plans For Distribution Of Lands To California
9/4/59 Rosebud School Contract Awarded
9/4/59 Interior Favors Legislation Giving Navajo Tribe Broader Land Authority
8/31/59 Two Contracts Awarded For Road And Bridge Construction On South Dakota Indian Reservations
8/27/59 Interior Department Interior Department Favors Bill Permitting Ninety-Nine-Year Leases On California And Florida Indian Lands
8/25/59 Department Favors Legislation Transferring 10,500 Acres To Rosebud Sioux Indian Tribe Of South Dakota
8/22/59 Interior Department Supports Bill To Transfer About 5,000 Acres Of Federal Land To Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe
8/19/59 Department Adopts Regulations On Quapaw Tribal Judgment Fund Roll
8/18/59 Indian Bureau Personnel Moves Announced
8/18/59 Department Favors Bill Turning Over 7,579 Acres Of Federal Land To White Mountain Apache Indian Tribe
8/13/59 Interior Favors Bill Turning Over To Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Tribe Land And Buildings In Dewey County, SD
8/12/59 Department Favors Bill To Permit Leasing Of Colorado River Indian Reservation Lands
8/6/59 Department Recommends Changing Law To Set Up Priorities For Indian Adult Vocational Training
8/4/59 Interior Department Recommends Judgment Fund Bill For Oklahoma Indian Tribes
7/31/59 Department Proposes Legislation Advancing Date For Federal Purchase Of Klamath Marsh
7/30/59 Final Roll Of Ottawa Indian Tribe Completed
7/30/59 Interior Announces Results Of Competitive Bidding On Royalty Rates
7/29/59 Nearly 9,000 Acres On Two South Dakota Sioux Indian Reservations Restored To Tribal Jurisdiction
7/28/59 Awards Announced For Indian Arts And Crafts Service
7/25/59 Proposal To Remove Restrictions Against Road Construction Affecting Four Indian Areas
7/23/59 Navajo Route 1 Bridges Awarded
7/20/59 Three Contracts Awarded For Road And Bridge Construction On Navajo Indian Reservation
7/20/59 Route 1 Navajo Contract Awarded
7/16/59 Change In Regulations Will Permit Indian Bureau Loans To Withdrawing Klamath Members Regardless Of Degree Of Indian Blood
7/15/59 Contract Awarded For Indian School Construction At Fort Wingate, New Mexico
7/14/59 Interior Proposes Land Use Adjustment Bill For Northwest New Mexico
7/8/59 Interior Department Proposes Legislation Adding 350,000 Acres To Indian Tribal Land Holdings
7/7/59 Regulations Approved Governing Membership In California Indian Band
7/3/59 Road Contract For Navajo Route 1 Awarded
7/2/59 Indian Bureau Contract With University Of Idaho For Resource Study On Fort Hall Indian Reservation
7/2/59 Awards Announced For Indian Arts And Crafts Service
6/29/59 Department Proposes Bill Transferring Navajo Reservation Irrigation Projects To Tribal Organization
6/23/59 Indian Bureau Awards Contract For Road Work On Klamath Reservation
6/22/59 Interior Department Warns Against Lowering Safeguards For Indian Landowners
6/12/59 Contract Awarded For Roads On Cheyenne River Reservation
6/10/59 Interior Department Favors Bill Permitting Catawba Indians Of South Carolina To Divide Their Tribal Property
6/10/59 Contract Awarded For Indian Dormitory And Dining Facilities At Ramah, New Mexico
6/10/59 Road Contract Awarded On The Navajo Reservation
6/5/59 Interior Recommends Amending Indian Land Sale Bill To Keep Tracts In Indian Ownership
6/3/59 Seaton Accepts Congressional Invitation For Interior Department Participation in Congressional Hearings On Huron Cemetery
6/3/59 Nevada Lakefront Indian Properties Offered For Leasing
6/1/59 Rule Change Proposed To Broaden Leasing Of Indian Lands For Underground Storage Of Oil And Gas
6/1/59 Navajo Indian Reservation Road Contract Awarded
5/25/59 Contract Awarded for Two Indian Dormitories at Albuquerque, New Mexico
5/22/59 Oil And Gas Bidding On Utah Indian Lands Brings $866,695
5/14/59 Interior Department Favors Enactment Of H. R. 5557 And Adopts Rules For Equalizing Value Of Indian Land Holdings
5/13/59 Contract Awarded For Construction Of Bridges
5/12/59 Department Recommends Legislation For Distribution Of Indian Judgment Funds
5/8/59 Interior Department Recommends Legislation Making Indian Fishery Compensation Payments Tax-Exempt
5/7/59 Three Contracts Awarded For Road Construction Work In Indian Areas Of Oklahoma
4/29/59 Interior Recommends Bill To Facilitate Transfer Of Federal Indian School Properties To Local Public School Districts
4/24/59 Emmons Urges Remedial Action On Florida Canal To Eliminate Threat To Seminole Lands
4/23/59 Department Supports Choctaw Termination Bill Introduced In Congress At Request Of Tribal Representatives
4/23/59 Final Roll Of Peoria Indian Tribe Completed
4/8/59 Indian Land Rehabilitation Contract Awarded
4/7/59 Eleven Units Of Klamath Indian Forest To Be Offered For Sale After April 1
3/23/59 Indian Bureau Decides To Close School At Fort Defiance, Arizona, Because Of Safety Hazard
3/19/59 Florida Indians Study Proposals For Leasing Of Tribal Lands
3/17/59 Additional Development Of Navajo Coal Resources Seen
3/8/59 Apache Sport Fishing Programs Spurs Interest In Other Areas
3/4/59 Portland Bank Takes Over Trusteeship Of Residual Klamath Indian Estate
2/20/59 Contract Awarded For New Indian Dormitory At Magdalena, New Mexico
2/20/59 Approval Given To Lease That Will Provide Industrial Jobs For Oregon Indians
2/12/59 Proposal To Remove Navajo Indian Land From Roadless Classification
2/4/59 Final Roll Of Wyandotte Indian Tribe Completed
1/27/59 Flood Control Structures Contract Awarded
1/20/59 Educational And Economic Advances In 1958 Reported By Indian Bureau
1/19/59 Navajo Lands Bring High Bids For Oil And Gas Leases
1/14/59 Portland Bank Chosen As Trustee For Klamath Indian Property
1/14/59 Klamath Indian Lands Reappraised
1/8/59 Utah Challenge To Navajo Title Raises Moral Issues, Interior Department Warns
1/7/59 Expiring Indian Land Trust Restrictions Extended Five Years